Best-rated Novak Djokovic will skip the Miami Open up, stating a lot less than a 7 days just after a surprise loss at Indian Wells that he requires to harmony his “personal and specialist agenda.”
Mark J. Terrill / AP
Djokovic’s announcement Saturday on his social media accounts follows his 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 defeat to unheralded Luca Nardi on Monday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open.
“At this stage of my profession, I’m balancing my personal and skilled agenda. I’m sorry that I would not working experience some of the finest and most passionate enthusiasts in the planet,” Djokovic wrote.
Nardi, who is ranked No. 123, grow to be the lowest-rated participant to beat Djokovic in a Grand Slam or ATP Masters 1000 stage celebration, surpassing No. 122 Kevin Anderson in 2008 in Miami.
The 20-calendar year-old Italian received into the area as a “blessed loser,” which is a player who stumbled on the closing hurdle in qualifying but manufactured it into the major draw as a substitution for an hurt player who pulled out right before the first round.
The 36-yr-previous Djokovic is a 6-time winner in Miami. The hardcourt tournament begins subsequent week.
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